Digital necrosis associated with squamous cell carcinoma of the tonsil

Head and Neck

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1019-1021

  Wright, Jim R ^a,b   Gudelis, Susan ^a  

^a CANCER CARE ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Digital ischemia; Digital necrosis; Paraneoplastic syndrome; Squamous cell cancer; Tonsil

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; DEXAMETHASONE; HEPARIN; PAMIDRONIC ACID; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERCALCEMIA; ISCHEMIA; METASTASIS; NECROSIS; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TONSIL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; TONSILLAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0036838654     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.10155     Document Type: Article

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